Presenting historical images that celebrate the Golden Age of Burlesque and Striptease..
Tempest Storm aka. “America’s Sweater Girl”..
Tempest Storm (aka. Annie Blanche Banks)
Karma (aka. Nancy Carol)
School time!!
‘The Pink Pussycat’ nightclub was located at 7969 Santa Monica Boulevard in sunny Hollwood, California.. Give them a call at “Oldfield 4-0280”, to book your next class!!
(via abandonedfunhouse)
Vintage 1942 “File Copy” photo from the estate of famed photographer Joseph Jasgur.. Featured onstage at the FLORENTINE Gardens nightclub, are: (at Far Right) Burlesque impresario and emcee: Nils Thor Granlund.. Along with “Emil the Gorilla”, and a bevy of glamorous showgirls..
Dixie Evans teases photographer Harold Lloyd, during an early 50s-era photoshoot..
Sandra Dale
Vintage 50’s-era promo photo of Ms. Dale, a dancer originally from Germany.. She was appearing nightly in the “Wonderful World” musical revue, staged at Frank Sennes’ MOULIN ROUGE nightclub; in Hollywood, California..
Vintage cover to a promotional brochure from ‘The PINK PUSSYCAT’ nightclub; in Hollywood, California.. This 60’s-era Burlesk house also hosted a regular “College Of Strip Tease”, from which amateurs could graduate to become professional dancers..
(via aatkinson09)
Fabulous Fanny
Largo’s Lucky Gal
Beverly Hills presents a slight distraction to ‘Club LARGO’ owner Chuck Landis; as featured in an article from the March ‘60 issue of ‘Sir Knight’ (Vol.2-No.3) magazine..
